Money-paying machine



Aug. 28, 1923.

M. H. MANN MONEY PAYING MACHINE Filed 001;. 18

Patented Aug, 28, 1923.

ir rar DELAWARE.

V."iVIIlZJES E. MANN, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDTANA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSI-GNMENTS,

TO REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, INC.,

OF NEVI YORK, Nl'. Y.,'A 'CORPORATION OF MONEY-PAYING :MACHINEApplication filed Qctober 18, 1916. 'Seri-a1 No. 126,393;

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Be it known that l, Minus' Irl.' MANN, a citizen of ythe. United States,residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of indiana,have invented certain new and useful liiiproveinents iii'liioney-PayingMachinesfof which the following is a specilication.

My present invention appertains particularly to inoney handling machinesand consists primarily oi an improvement in Va machine designed for `thepaying `out of paperl money in predetermined amounts susceptible ofbeing. varied by the coiitrol of manipulable devices of anysuitableiconstruction. Y

More specifically speaking, the vimprovement ot this inventionappertaiiis to the wage paying machine shown and described in U. S.Letters Patent of A. Von Barth, No. 1,114,828, issued October 27, 1914,in which machine there is provided a slow moving conveyer adapted toconvey a billr or bills supplied thereto, toa suitable-pointof dischargeor delivery,the action of the/con;- veyer being pneumaticin so4 far ascarry-a ing'thefpaper currencyfis concerned..

In regard to the pneumaticpha'se ojthe operation ot theconveyer-mechanism setl forth in said Letters Patent, it may be Vnotedthat air suction acting in connection with certain elements oiijtheconveyerf is intended to cause adherence, or tfo connect, a bill orbillsof paper currency with respect to the conveyor, the suction actingto maintain said connectionV between the paper currency and conveyeruntil vthe bill or bills are removedfor,detachedfrom,said conveyor fordischarging purposes.- 1

The essential feature ot' this invention resides inthe provision ofpositive acting means coperative with the conveyor otra machine oi' theconstruction embodied in the Letters Patent above identi'lied whereby toinsure the'separation oitA the'paper money from the conveyor at theproper time when the delivery orydischarging Yor' the money from themachine is ,required to be formed. Y

A complete comprehension of Athe construction aiid operation o'fniyinvention will be had upon reference tothe Letters Patent previouslyreferred to andv to the following detailed description, supple- .per-

iiiented by the'accompanyingdrawings, in l Which: Y Y 1 Figure l .is ahorizontal sectional view oi. the conveyor andV suction casing of amachine of ythe type to which theinvention appertains, y the sectionbeing vtaken about. f

on the line l-l ofligure 2', and the shutters aswell as conveyerchainsbeing only partially illustratedor entirely omitted in Figure 2 is avertical longitudinal'section' taken aboutv on the line 2 2 of Figure,

a couplefonly of the bill holding aiid'su'pplying holdersor pocketsbeing illustrated. vFigure 3 Yis a fragmentary sectional viewsomewhatexaggerated vin size in order to bring out more fully theconstruction oit theV stripping means oi the invention.

indetail the general construction aiidfoperation of the machine ,towhich thepresent improvements are 'intended to' be applied since ,iorthis purpose the Von Bai-th it is1iiot believed necessary to describe itresse f Letters Patent vhereinbeif'ore I mentioiiediv is made a part ofthisspe'cification and inay -be consulted in connection withthe`following.descriptionV and the illustrations of the drawings ioriiiuig'a part' liereof.- *ItA suf ice'syto state vthat the generalfg'operatingfeatures ,and controlling parts of thewniachine to.` which the:presentimprovements' are applied'are'tiie same as shownand describedbyVon Barthr excepting where structural differences o r additions arepro-Y posed as hereinafter dis'olosed.v

In the drawings A denotes a suction cascomprised oi' suitable sprocketchains lpassi-ng around sprocket wheels 2 carried by shattsY 3,-' thechain l being built up of links ing 1n' V:which is mounted vtheconveyerr or carrier of the same general'construction asv ico.

andl pivots, ,and the pivotsjdesignated l, 5

preferably consisting of rods ,extendingV from one sidefto the `'otherofthe. casing A. 1 Upon eachA of thepivots or rods 4: is

mounted a louvre or shutter 5 .adapted to turn freely'.y about tlieirodand consistingot rthe type shown in the said Letters Patent and fcapable, therefore, of delivering bills tothe carrier inthe casing A, asan incident to -raising or upward movement jot the bill pocket actuatedby any suitablemechanism. 'lt a selected'bill pocket or pockets D beraised in the operation of a machine suoli as above set forth, lingers 6at the upperend of each bill pocket will engage projections 7 at theends of the shutters 5, thereby raising and'opening` the shutters4slightly, so as toA cause the topniost bill in each elevated pocket CIIor'liolder D to be held ragainst the carrier and thus Withdrawn from thepoclretas the latter moves back to its normal position.

rlhere is always sutlicient leakage of air be-V tween the abuttingportions of the shutter V5 to cause the bill or bills delivered to thecarrier to suliiciently adhere to the latter as to be carried along Withit in the direction oi the arrow in Figure 2, the intention being todeliver the bill'cr bills thus caught up by the carrier to the'point ofdischargev approxiniately at E in'Figur'e 2, and above the recess F inthe table C. Y V :I

lna machineV of the type of the presentinf vention it is prerequisitethat each operation oi .detaching a bill 'from its respective pocket Dyand ydelivering said bill to the discharge 'beabsolutely insured forotherwise the Inai chine Wouldbe Withoututility. -ln other the forwardor delivery edge oic a bill up- Words, accuracy in thepayingY action ofthe machine is not merelyy desirable but Wholly a propositiony ofnecessity. i

`Since a machine such as proposed in the previouslyY referred to patentof Von `Barth,

and proposed in my construction employs no provision to insure thedelivery of the bills from the pockets A to the carrier in the casing A,at any predetermined point in fthe length oit said carrier, thepossibility exists that the suction in the casing A Will draw WardsetWeen the rods or. pivots e of the r y shutters 5 soV as'to makeimpossible the deine for insuring the proper delivery oi the billssupplied to the carrier in the casing A under all conditions of serviceof the paying machine. Referring especially to FiguresEZ and 3, it Willbe observed that l employ a plurality ot' endless beltsV 7 located atinte 1- vals of space ironi one vanother the entire Width or" the casingland passing around the various pivot rods 4 in such a manner that thesebelts turn with the conveyer and form elementsot the conveyor. that thebelt will travel in properly spaced relation, l contemplate providing atone end or the casing A a 'plateA 8 having apertures through-Which thebelts or endless members 7 travel. rllhe opposite end ofthe casing Aadjacent to tlie'recess l5 ci" the table, and the discharge E, is formedwith strippingingersi9 at intervalsfthe lower endsor' said lingersterminating proximate vtoV the discharge and there being` an aperture l0some distancef'away from the somewhat pointed ln order L extremity ofeach'. linger, `through which Y aperture an adjacent end-less member 7is adapted toV travel in a manner similarto its movement through theapertures ci' the plate 8. lt is contemplated to provide asuliicientnumber oic the members. .7 to rmaintain the ig to the ca 1rier in thecasingf A when delivery is being made, in a substan tially position, butespecially in a condition such that its forward edge Willibe bill,adherir O engaged by the stripping lingers 9 and positively separated'from the conveyor yowing to the fact that the endless members 7. travelon the outer sides of the strippinglingers '9 and positively carrytheforward edgeV or" the bill'out of the casing 8 at-the dischargeopening-ot the latter. "Figure 3 depicts the mannerv in which theendless members@v opf crate exterior to the ingers`9,and pass bach ystatedho\vever, that my invention conteni-v plates broadly thevprovision in association with a carrier or conveyor in a suction casatthe aforesaidV aper` ing such as A, of meansV at thevdischarge ot saidcasing for positively separating'the bill or paper currency in processot conveyance from the conveyer` to insure delivery, such means, otcourse, acting in opposition to the tendency of the suction through theelements oic the conveyer and through the discharge opening itself toprevent the' bill from being delivered at the proper place and at `theproper time. f f

Having thus described my invention, what l cla-iin as new is: i v

l. ln a money paying machine, the combi nation with a casing, a carriermovable in said casing, a suction conduitl 'connected With the casing;to enable pneumatic operation of the carrier :tor con veyinp; a billtoa. predetermined point, said. casing' beingprmfided 2. ln a inoneypaying machine,V the combination with a casing-5 a carrier movable insaid casing, a suction conduit connected with the casing` to enablepneuniriticl operation of the caiifier for conveying a bill to apredeterinined point, said casing being provided with a dischargeopening, a bill holdei` associated with said casing' and operable tosupply a bill tothe carrier sothat the suction in the casing will causethe bill to adhere to the carrier and thereby conveyed to the dischargeopeningoi the casing, said carrier.

comprising` spaced elements through the spaces between which the suctionis adapted to act upon the bill, oi" means associated with the'cairierto positively hold the bills'fi'on'i: entering the spaces between saidelements ol the carrie-i' and to positively effect separetion oi' thebill from the carrier at the discharge opening toinsure delivery of thebill through seid opening'.

3. In a. inoney paying machine, the conibination with a. easing,V acarrier vniwible in said casing, a suction conduit connected with thecasing' to enable pneumatic opeiationy oi the vcarrier for conveyiifig`a` bill to a prede- 'terinined point, said-casingl being provided witha, discharge opening, a bill holder associated with said casing` andoperable to supply a bill to the carrier so that the siiction in thecasing will cause the bill to adhere fto the carrier and therebyconveyed to the discharge opening,v of the casing, said carrierconiprising spaced elements through the spaces between which the suctionis adapted to act upon the bill, oi" a plurality of nieinbeijs disposedbetween the carriei` and said bill holder and operating in conjunctionwith the carrier to prevent the edges of the bills :troni being` drawninto the spaces between the elements ot the carrier and tocauseseparation ot the bill trom the carrier at the discharge opening'.

4. in a money paying machine, the combination with a casing', a csi'rierinoveble in said casing, av suc-'tion ci nduit conn icted with thecasing to enable pneumatic' eperatioi'i of the carrici for conveying' abill to a prede-V termined point7 said casing beingv provided 'ith adisc arge opening, av bill holdeil associated with said casing andoperable to supply a bill to t ie carrier so that ithe suction in thecasing will cause the bill to adhere to the carrier and thereby conveyedto the discharge opening` ol the casing, said carrier comprising spacedelements through lthe spaces between whichthe suction is adapted to actupon the bill7 oi" a plurality' of ineni- Y bers disposed between thecam-ier and said bill holder and operating' in conjunction hills fionibeing' drawn into the spai'ces between the elements of the carrier andto cause separation oi the bill Ytroni the ceri'ieiatthe'dischargeopening, said iueiinbeis being movable with the carrier. 7

5.V ln a.` nioney paying` machine, the combi-- nation with a casing, a`c 'ier inoviible in said casing` a. suction .conduit connected with theczisiiinto enable pneumatic operation of the carrier for conveying u'bill to ay predetermined pointj said 'casing` being'provided.

with al dis-charge yopeninga abili holder associated with said casino;afndopeiable to supply a bill lto the carrier so that the suction in thecasing` will cause the bill to adhere to thecai-'iiei and therebyconveyed to Y the disehei'gjeopeningg ot the casing; said carriercomprising spaced elements through the spaces .between which theysuction 'is vthe carrier at the discharge opening, .said

members being .movable with the ii'rier, and

comprising endless belts passin around the carrier and longitudinally otthe casing.

e', lne money paying machine, 'the combi- Y with the 'carrier to preventthe edges of the o lOO nation with a casing, a. Vcarrier movable in im,ai` suction conduit connected with the casing' to enable 'pneumaticopeiation said casin 0' of the carrier loiconveying' a bill to e pro-vdetermined point7 said casing being; provided with va discharge opening`at bill holder associatedA with said casing; and operable to` supply abill to the carrier' so lthat the siiction in the casing will cause`thcl bill to ad here to vthe carrier and thereby conveyed to .thedischarge openingl of the easing, said carrier con'ipi-ising` spacedelements through 'the space between which the suction is adapt ed toupon lthe bill, of :t plurality of nienibers disposed between thecarrier and Y said bill holdcrand rop'eiatinln" in conjunction with thecarrier to pre-vent the edges oiV the bills from being; drawn inte thespace be-y tween the elements oi the carrier and to cause separationol'y the billfroni the carrier atv holder and Curry The same to a point0I" deliveiy, and means on the Carrier for de Heating the bill et thepoint of deliveiy in such manne? as to positivelysepmzv'e the billiomrthe Carrier.

i testimony whereof I a-'Ix my signature.

Mime i-i. MANN. 7 Y

